Macroperipatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Onychophora |
Family: | Peripatidae |
Genus: | Macroperipatus Clark, 1913 |
Species | |
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Macroperipatus is a genus of Neotropical velvet worms in the Peripatidae family.[1] Velvet worms in this genus can have as few as 24 pairs of legs (in M. guianensis)[2] or as many as 42 leg pairs (in M. torquatus).[3] This genus is viviparous, with mothers supplying nourishment to their embryos through a placenta.[4]
The genus contains the following species:[5]
Macroperipatus geayi (Bouvier, 1899) is considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira et al. 2012.